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SPOT FORECAST FOR CANYON...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
334 PM PDT SUN SEP 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1506 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN AREA
THROUGH LABOR DAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
OVER THE BURN AREA BY LATER IN THE MORNING ON LABOR DAY. IF ANY
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC IN DIRECTION AND GUSTY.
A SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT BY
TUESDAY AS WINDS ALOFT BECOME MORE WESTERLY. HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY
TREND UPWARD THROUGH LABOR DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN...BEFORE LOWERING A BIT BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH
                    1900 PDT THEN DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 MPH.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 85-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 10-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH GUSTING TO 18 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 12000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...COMMAND CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110904.CANYO.02/HNX